The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has published the second edition of the WIPO Collection of Leading Judgments on Intellectual Property Rights: China, a joint publication with the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) of the People’s Republic of China. The new volume features representative judgments rendered by Chinese courts between 2019 and 2023, selected by the SPC, and is presented in both English and Chinese.
Each volume in the WIPO Collection of Leading Judgments on Intellectual Property series aims to explore IP adjudication approaches and trends across key jurisdictions and themes. The first edition, published with the SPC in 2019, comprised 30 judgments from 2011 to 2018. The second edition advances this work to additional 66 judgments, covering recent judicial adjudication by Chinese courts in the areas of trademark, patent, copyright, monopoly and competition, integrated circuit layout design, new plant varieties, and criminal enforcement.
“This publication reflects the deepening institutional partnership between WIPO and the SPC, grounded in successive frameworks for judicial exchanges and cooperation and in a shared commitment to strengthening the judicial protection of intellectual property rights in support of innovation, fair competition and sustainable socio-economic development,” said WIPO Director General Daren Tang. “It is hoped that this second edition of the WIPO Collection of Leading Judgments on Intellectual Property Rights: China will serve as a bridge for continued judicial exchange and mutual understanding.”
“We hope that the publication of this case collection will lay a more solid foundation for future cooperation between the two sides, inject stronger momentum into international cooperation on intellectual property protection, enable the benefits of innovation to be shared by more countries and peoples, and better serve the well-being of humankind,” said Justice Tao Kaiyuan, Vice-president of the SPC.
The publication is part of WIPO’s efforts in the area of the judicial administration of IP, led by the WIPO Judicial Institute, to engage judges from around the world as they share experiences on the common challenges they face and discuss new subject matters and concepts.